Door-hasp.



.I. D. CESSNA.

DOOR HASP. APPLICATION FILED DEC. I| I914.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Fzig. J.

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JOHN D. CESSNA, OF MINDEN MINES, MISSOURI.

noon-HASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 1, 1914. Serial No. 874,980.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D., CESSNA, a. citizen of the United Minden Mines, in the county of Barton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- I Iasps, of which the following is a specifica-' tion. I

This invention relates to an improvement in hasps or latches.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an improved hasp adapted to be pivotally connected to a door and normally gagement with a staple carried by the door 'rame for maintaining the door in closed position or for allowing opening of the door respectively, said hasp provided with staple receiving means whereby the hasp may be engaged over the staple when moved into a third position in order that the hasp may be locked in this position by a padlock or other suitable device.

Another object of vide means whereby ated from the inside is attached.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hasp or latch of the class described which will be extremely simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture. I

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claime and illustrated in the accompanying drawing,.in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures, of which Figure 1 represents an elevational view of a hasp constructed according to my invention, showing the same in engagement with a staple to prevent opening of the door. Fig. 2 represents a view similar to Fig.1 showing the hasp moved out of engagement with the staple to allow the door to be opened. Fig. 3 represents a similar view showing the position of the hasp when locked relatively to the staple. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line H of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view taken indicated by the line 5'-5 of Fig. 1.

the invention is to prothe hasp may be operof the door to which it States, residing at movable into or out of en-- movement of the hasp being be pulled open.

and out of the'building with whose door the i on the plane In carrying out my invention I provide a hasp having a shank 6 and a substantially semi-circular hooked portion 7. The shank and hooked portion are formed in a single piece, and to the lowerend of the former is detachably secured a handle 8 by means of which the hasp may be operated. The handle may be connected to the'hasp by means of a bolt The hasp is pivoted at a point 10 substanco-incident to the junction of the portion 7 and shank 6, to a door indicated at 11. upon a bolt indicated at 10 in Fig. 4', 'or may be pivoted upon a screw or other suitable element and the hasp is maintained out of engagement with the door by means of a block or bearing plate 12 connected to said door and through which the pivot bolt 10 extends. In this manner the hasp may be rotated upon its pivot without engaging with and scratching or otherwise marring the door.

The door frame is indicated at 13 and is provided with a staple 14. The free'end of hooked portion 7 is recessed or rabbeted as at 15, to provide a shoulder 16. The staple 14: is disposed at such a position relatively to the hasp, that when the latter is in the position indicated in Fig. 1 the free end of said hasp projects through the staple,the limited by the shoulder 16 which engages against one end of said staple. When the hasp is in the position shown in Fig. 1 it will be evident that the door 11 may not be pulled open. By grasping handle 8 and moving the same toward the left so as tobring the hasp into the position shown in Fig. '2 the free end- Patented Au 10, 1915.

and nut as indicated at the staple as indicated, and the door may When people are going in hasp isassociated, during the day time, the hasp will take the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as the staple is temporarily engaged and releasedby'the path of movement of the shank an arcuate slot'l? is provided in the door 11. The center of curvature of the slot is at point 10.

A pin 18 'is carried on a chain or other flexible element 19 secured to the inside of the door at 20, said haspbeing on the outside of the door. The purpose of pin 18 is to'provide means whereby the hasp *may' beo'perate'd by a person on the inside of hasp. At a point in the j positioned the door. This pin may be inserted through slot 18 into an opening 21 provided in the shank in registration with slot 17, so that if the hasp is in the position shown in Fig. 1 in engagement with the staple, may be moved by means of the pin into the position shown in Fig. 2 so that the person on the inside of the door may open the same in order to pass out of the building.

Shank 6 is provided longitudinally thereof, with a slot or staple receiving opening, 22. By means of the latter the hasp may be moved into the position indicated in Fig. 3 and disposed relatively to the staple so that the latter projects through slot 22. A pad lock or suitable device 23 may then be secured to the staple, for locking the hasp relatively thereto, so that the door may not be disturbed during the night. However, before the hasp is moved into the position shown in Fig. 3, pin 18 must be disengaged from the slot and shank. The hasp is preferably made of some suitable metal, which will allow flexing of the shank sufficiently to engage the same over the staple 14.

Such a hasp as I have provided, is readily adapted in day time or when the door is in constant use, to be quickly shifted into or out of temporary engaging and disengaging position, and adapted to be quickly moved into permanently locked position relatively to the staple as indicated in Fig. 3. Another advantage obtained by the hasp I have shown is that when the hasp has been brought into position shown in Fig. 2 for opening the door, the weight of handle 8 and shank 6, will upon the release of the hasp, automatically bring the same back to the position shown in Fig. 1, so that by merely releasing the hasp when the door is closed, the former will automatically drop back into engagement with the staple.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I may desire to make such changes in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts thereof as do not depart from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a door and a door frame, of a staple carried by the latter, a hasp pivotally disposed upon the former, said hasp having a curved hooked portion, adapted at its-free end to engage the staple when the hasp'is in one position, said hasp having a shank, a handle carried at the free end of the shank, said hasp adapted to be moved into and out ofv temporary engagement with said staple, means operable from the opposite side ing the hasp into or out of temporary en- Gopies or this patentmay be obtained for said hasp of the door frame for movfive cents Washington, D. 0.

gagement with the staple, said shank provided with a slot adapted to be engaged over the staple when said hasp is moved into a third predetermined position, whereby a lock may be connected to the staple for preventing disengagement of the hasp therewith.

2. The combination with a door and door frame, of a hasp pivotallv carried by one of them and a staple carried by the other, said hasp having an integral shank and curved hooked portion, the latter adapted to be projected through said staple when the hasp is moved into one position, the hook portion being recessed to provide a shoulder for limiting the movement of the free end of said hooked portion through the staple, and means whereby said hasp may be engaged over the staple in such position as to be locked relatively to the staple upon the attachment of a lock on said staple.

3. A hasp including a curved hooked portion, a shank formed integrally therewith, means for pivotally connecting said hasp to a door at a point co-incident to the junction of the shank and hooked portion, a retaining element carried by a door frame, said hasp adapted to be moved for temporarily engaging and disengaging the hooked portion thereof relatively to the retaining element, said hasp provided with a retaining element receiving means, whereby the hasp may be moved into position to be engaged over sai retaining element, in order that the hasp may be locked relatively thereto upon attachment of a lock on the retaining element.

4. A hasp having a hooked portion and a shank, means for pivotally connecting the hasp at a single point to a door, a staple, means adapted to be detachably engaged with the hasp from the opposite side of the door to which the hasp is attached for moving the hasp into or out of temporary engagement with the staple, and staple receiving means provided on the hasp whereby said hasp may be engaged upon the staple to be locked relatively thereto.

5. A hasp having a hook portion, said hasp being pivotally connected to a door at a single point, a retaining element carried by a door frame, said hasp being provided with a retaining element receiving means whereby the hasp may be moved into position to be engaged over said retaining element, said hasp adapted to be moved for temporarily engaging and disengaging the hook portion thereof relatively to the retaining element.

JOHN D. CESSNA. Witnesses:

JAMns B. LILLARD, Lona T. RANEY.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, 

